So Long 2011...

...can't say I'll miss you, though MAN can you act. Anyway, don't let next year hit you in the butt on the way out. That said, HELLO... uh, 2012...

Hm. Looks like we're gonna laugh, we're gonna cry, we're gonna be on the edge of our seats. It'll be nothing if not entertaining. Regardless, buckle up, Timmy. Those boots look serious. And functional. Good for wading through all manner of flotsam and jetsam.

Da-da's Warmin' Up the 2012 Parade Machinery

The 2012 New Year's Day Parade will be on the SECOND of January this year -- for the first time ever --
which will cause some reasonable and unreasonable agitation.
2012 will be all about reasonable and unreasonable agitation.

Da-da's Warmin' Up the 2012 Parade Machinery

Few people realize it now, but 2012 is gonna be a non-stop B&W Tinkerbell-flintlock explosion!
Dust off those coonskin caps and nomex coveralls, Clyde, 'cause 2012 is a-comin'! O Lucky Man!

Da-da's Warmin' Up the 2012 Parade Machinery

Get those Mayan tentacles activated for the Al Roker segment.

Da-da's Warmin' Up the 2012 Parade Machinery

Activate all gland/chakra energy vortices for all 26 illusory dimensions. Be ethereal about it.

Da-da's Warmin' Up the 2012 Parade Machinery

Huh. Those look feisty. Kids, don't put your lips on the giant scorpions.